Meanwhile Santarius secured his with a last round draw against Goldin.

This tournament is very grateful to the assistance provided by our friends in the Bahamas.

Santarius with Steve Immitt

Andre White, Vice President of the Bahamas Chess Federation, for his invaluable help in running this tournament, attending to the many details and for providing the beautiful wooden sets and the DGT clocks.

Yan Lyansky, for bringing us fresh fruit and snacks all weekend, which was certainly a welcome relief from the hurricane.

Sandeep Gali and Chaz Garraway, who helped us with transcribing the games and keeping the moves up to date, so we could send them to the website.